Chapter 90: Company Employees

In the presidential suite, Young Master’s brain had completely short-circuited.

Lin Jian had actually called him, saying he was drinking with colleagues tonight and had to escort his boss home afterward, so he couldn’t make their appointment until ten o’clock!

But... but... how did Lin Jian know he was the one who wrote the letter? How did he know he was staying in the presidential suite? This was simply unbelievable. For a moment, Young Master didn’t even know what to say.

"If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as a yes. Ten o’clock tonight, be there or be square. Whoever bails is a coward!" With that, Lin Jian hung up.

Lin Xiaoya had been eavesdropping the whole time, but she was entirely bewildered after hearing the conversation. Did Lin Jian actually know the two people staying in the presidential suite?

"Ya, thanks. I’ll have to come back tonight. Zhao, thanks!" Lin Jian greeted the two cashiers before walking away briskly.

In the presidential suite, Young Master gently hung up the phone. He had originally thought Lin Jian knew nothing, and he was planning to "send him off" tonight. But now, it seemed Lin Jian knew everything. He couldn’t figure out where they had slipped up.

Young Master tapped his fingers lightly on the table. After a full minute, he suddenly stood up. "Da Kuan, we’re checking out."

Da Kuan had just come out of the gym, covered in sweat. Hearing Young Master say they were checking out, he looked stunned. "Didn’t you say that checking out now would make us look suspicious? Shouldn’t we wait until tomorrow morning?"

"We’re exposed!" Young Master shook his head. "Lin Jian just called me!"

"Impossible!" Da Kuan said anxiously. "How could Lin Jian possibly know about us? Unless... unless it was that security chief?"

"It’s not the security chief." Young Master shook his head again. "There might be a leak somewhere else, but we must check out now."

"Then..." Da Kuan wondered if that meant they weren’t going to kill Lin Jian tonight. But he didn’t say it out loud. Instead, he simply nodded and followed orders. His intelligence couldn’t compare to Young Master’s anyway.

Without even taking a shower, Da Kuan quickly packed his clothes and headed downstairs with Young Master. Once downstairs, Young Master grabbed a notepad at the front desk and quickly scribbled a dozen words, SWISH SWISH. He handed it to Lin Xiaoya. "If your deputy head of security, Lin Jian, comes by tonight, give this to him."

"Oh..." Lin Xiaoya didn’t know what kind of relationship these two men had with Lin Jian, but she didn’t pry. She placed the note under the phone and processed their checkout.

A moment later, Young Master and Da Kuan drove away from the Rejuvenation Hotel.

"Young Master, where are we going now?" Da Kuan asked in a muffled voice.

"Green City Villa."

Da Kuan’s eyes lit up. "Are you going for a double kill, Young Master?"

Young Master nodded. "Since we’re exposed, the other side will be prepared. But don’t forget, our profession is killing.

"So, we’re not waiting. Tonight, it’s a double kill.

"It should have been like this from the start. Both are targets anyway. Whether they die separately or together makes no difference to us.

"Drop me off outside the east wall of Green City Villa, then go get two cans of gasoline. But remember, absolutely do not get caught on camera. Park the car far away, not anywhere nearby."

"Understood, don’t worry." Da Kuan smiled. Destroying the corpses and erasing all traces—once the targets were dead and the villa burned down, all clues would be cut off.

About half an hour later, Young Master got out of the car, vaulted over the east wall, and entered the villa compound! It seemed he had already scouted the area, effortlessly bypassing all the surveillance cameras. His path to Ye Ziqiu’s villa was entirely unobstructed, and he jumped into her yard as easily as if he were returning home. Most importantly, he actually used a key to unlock the door.

The moment he entered the villa’s living room, he put on his gloves. A moment later, he located the fuse box and cut the power lines. All the appliances in the villa instantly shut down, and Young Master sat down to wait in silence.

Meanwhile, Lin Jian drove his Ferrari to a restaurant by East Lake. Earlier in the day, he had made an appointment with Wang Qinglong—also known as Long—and Huang Mao, having them book a table here.

Long and Huang Mao had already arrived. However, when Lin Jian saw Huang Mao this time, the young man had dyed his hair back to black. More surprisingly, this guy had even gotten a pair of prescription glasses and put on a suit. With this transformation, he looked like a standard white-collar office worker. Wang Qinglong was also dressed formally, having changed into a suit as well.

Seeing Lin Jian get out of the car with Ye Ziqiu, the two hurried over to greet them.

"Lin."

"Lin."

The two didn’t call him President Lin or anything like that; they both just respectfully addressed him as Lin.

Huang Mao looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six, while Long was in his mid-thirties. So when the two of them addressed Lin Jian with such deference, Ye Ziqiu found it incredibly strange. Two guys older than Lin Jian treating a younger man like their senior? She had read Lin Jian’s file long ago; he was only twenty.

Lin Jian was also a bit embarrassed at this moment. He didn’t mind Huang Mao treating him like a senior, but Wang Qinglong looked way too mature. Being treated with such deference by him made Lin Jian not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Old Wang, Huang Mao, stop calling me that. Just call me boss or Lin Jian." Lin Jian didn’t dwell on the titles and proceeded to introduce Ye Ziqiu. "This is my girlfriend, Ye!"

He didn’t reveal Ye Ziqiu’s actual identity. When Ye Ziqiu heard Lin Jian introduce her as his girlfriend, her face turned red. But in this kind of situation, she had to give Lin Jian face, so she took the initiative to reach out her hand. "Hello."

"Hello, boss lady. I’m Wang Qinglong."

"Hello, boss lady. I’m Sun Wei, just call me Huang Mao."

Ye Ziqiu smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Lin Jian glanced at the time. "Why aren’t Xu Xiaohui and the others here yet?"

"We’re here, we’re here, over here..."

Just as Lin Jian was checking the time, Xu Xiaohui, Wang Chuang, and Tan Jian walked out nervously from a corner of the parking lot. In fact, the three of them had been there for quite a while, but seeing Lin Jian actually bring Ye Ziqiu along, they had been too scared to approach! Lin Jian had brought the president of the Recovery Group. She was going to eat with them. The thought alone made their scalps tingle with anxiety.

Normally, when they saw Ye Ziqiu, the three of them could only stand at attention, salute, and keep their eyes straight ahead. Truth be told, this tigress was notoriously fierce in the company. Many people stuttered just speaking to her.

But now, they had no choice but to show themselves. If they kept hiding, Lin Jian would think they didn’t know what was good for them. The boss was treating them to dinner; what excuse did they have for being late?

Seeing the awkward state the three were in as they walked out, Lin Jian was left speechless. He knew they had probably arrived early but didn’t dare show their faces after spotting Ye Ziqiu.

Ye Ziqiu, on the other hand, looked at the three of them with a strange expression! She felt like she had seen these three men somewhere before, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. The Recovery Group Company had at least eight hundred to a thousand employees, and the security department was just a small division. She had never interacted with the ordinary security guards. So, facing three former employees who weren’t wearing their security uniforms, how could she possibly recognize them?

"AHEM, Lin, sorry we’re late." Xu Xiaohui was sweating as he spoke. He didn’t even dare look at Ye Ziqiu’s face. He didn’t know why, but they were genuinely terrified of this woman.

"You’re not late." Lin Jian waved his hand, then turned to Ye Ziqiu. "Um, Old Ye, these three are also... employees of my company now."

"Oh, hello. My last name is Ye, I work for a foreign enterprise," Ye Ziqiu smiled and offered her hand proactively.

Xu Xiaohui opened his mouth in shock. Lin Jian also dropped his jaw! Did that mean Ye Ziqiu actually hadn’t recognized these three as security guards from Recovery?